[pontiacman63383]

This will be a slow going resto its kind of a work on it when I have the time and money project. Which it seems to be never lol. Lets start this off. Here we have my 1969 Pontiac custom S. I picked it up for 1300 bucks.





As you can tell its rough to say the least. Ive has the car a few years now but just decided to start keeping track of the progress online. It was originally a inline 6 with a 2 speed auto. The PO had disassembled most if it when I got it. He was planning on a complete resto as well but I think it was to much for him. I started to reassemble the motor just in the hopes of taking it for a spin before it got under way. but no such luck.


Turns out the reason he started the resto is because the distributor took a crap on him. Did not find this out till I got it back together and could not get any spark. No worries as I planned on a 400 swap in the future any ways. So the old motor had to come out. In the process of pulling the motor I made an interesting discovery. I pulled the front end off. took everything off the motor. hooked up the cherry picker to lift the motor to take out the last bolts and that's when things got weird. Id lift the motor a bit check to see if the bolts were loose. lift some more but something did not look right as I was doing this. Kinda stood back and looked as I lifted that when I realized. the engine/frame was lifting up but not the body. Looked under the car and figured out why.




Ok. Guess its time for a full frame off resto! Ripped out the motor and lifted the body off the frame



rolled out the old frame


Found a donor frame. Striped it cleaned it. POR15 the whole thing. 2 coats of black on top of that.

[pontiacman63383]

While saving up some funds for the big rebuild I took car of some of the little stuff. Since I plan on putting in a 4 speed and floor shift steering columns are so expensive. I had a perfectly good working column shift tilt column I figure is see if I could make into one. (wife helped with the dissemble.)




Ive got to say I don't think it turned out to bad, for a free upgrade.

[pontiacman63383]

Starting the rebuild process. Got a sand blaster for Christmas. Blasted and cleaned up the front disk brake conversion kit I got with the donor frame. Rebuilt the calipers and panted it all up.



I also just got done rebuilding the rear end. Went from an open diff and I believe 2.73's a limited slip 3.73. Ill have to post pics tomorrow.

[ponchjoe]

Awsome, I hope you are keeping it a Custom S, they are few and far between. Keep the photos coming.
Joe

[Jeff Hamlin]

"No worries as I planned on a 400 swap in the future"

Very sad to hear this

You have a very unique OHC 6 model there.
Out of all the OHC 6 A-Bodies the '68s &'69s are seldom seen on the road.

If you do go that route please consider saving/offering the OHC stuff on the OHC 6 pages.

Cheers

[pontiacman63383]

Originally Posted by ponchjoe

Awsome, I hope you are keeping it a Custom S, they are few and far between. Keep the photos coming.
Joe

Im still in debate about how to finish it. I bought it with a gto clone in mind but that was before I knew that the custom S was a one year model.

[pontiacman63383]

Originally Posted by Jeff Hamlin

"No worries as I planned on a 400 swap in the future"

Very sad to hear this

You have a very unique OHC 6 model there.
Out of all the OHC 6 A-Bodies the '68s &'69s are seldom seen on the road.

If you do go that route please consider saving/offering the OHC stuff on the OHC 6 pages.

Cheers

The motor has already went to a friend who is going to use it in his firebird so the motor will at least live on!

[Txbobcat]

You do some nice work. Stay at it and get this back on the road.

[indymanjoe]

Column turned out nice.Good job.

[Simple Man]

Lookin' good!

[pontiacman63383]

Thanks guys for all the encouragement. Heres some pics of the rear end before and after. Was a 2.93 I believe and now is a limited slip 3.73
Before


After

[Darth Menace]

I love this. Much more in depth than mine, and this would take me a lifetime to complete. Looks great

[Judas]

Wow, that original frame is one of the worst I have seen for a car of this vintage. Did they park it under water or something? I usually see that kind of frame rot on stuff from the early 50's-earlier.

[GOAT WHORE]

Nice work so far! Love the picts of the wife working on the column at the dining room table, motorhead!

[ponchjoe]

Originally Posted by pontiacman63383

Im still in debate about how to finish it. I bought it with a gto clone in mind but that was before I knew that the custom S was a one year model.

Doesn't mean you can't add GTO goodies like hood and spoiler , just don't change the badges. You will not find them at local shows o even at the national events very often. Makes for good conversation..
Keep the pics coming...

[pontiacman63383]

Update, everything is finally sandblasted and painted. Now I can start putting it back together. I'm so happy to have the front wheels back on the ground. should have the rear installed by Sunday!!!!!

[PMD1969]

You are the man! Your wife is doing some of the work!

[pugslyx234]

When I let my wife help she lets me spend more $ . Keep up the good job!

[The Boss]

Great work there - looking forward to following along.

[pontiacman63383]

thanks for the complements guys. I'm really happy with how this has turned out so far and its turning into a family project. My oldest helped install the rear end this morning. She has also helped with the initial disassembly.